Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir & New Jersey Ballet Set for Kean University, 3/22

Paper Mill Playhouse one of the country's premier not-for-profit theaters, is the place where American musical theater is celebrated, cherished, and pushed in exciting new directions, is thrilled to announce a new partnership between the Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir and the New Jersey Ballet. This spring, the Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir will tour across the state with New Jersey Ballet performing at prestigious venues like Bergen Performing Arts Center, the Mayo Performing Arts Center and the Wilkins Theatre at Kean University.

From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to Kiss Me Kate, the Ballet on Broadway series will feature some of Broadway's most memorable dance sequences, set to the music of Sondheim, Cole Porter, and the duo of Saul Chaplin and Gene de Paul. For more than half a century, New Jersey Ballet has thrilled audiences from Bergen to Cape May with top quality professional ballet and has given hundreds of thousands of adults and children their first introduction to ballet and inspired in many a lifelong love of the arts. For three performances only, there will also be show-stopping performances by the award winning Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir.

"We are thrilled to partner with New Jersey Ballet to showcase the talent of Paper Mill Playhouse's Broadway Show Choir," stated Shayne Miller, Show Choir Director and Paper Mill's Director of Press and Public Relations. "This is a wonderful opportunity to mix the world-class work of two not-for-profit arts organizations in New Jersey."

The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir and New Jersey Ballet will kick off their spring tour at the Wilkins Theatre at Kean University on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. The Wilkins Theatre is located at 1000 Morris Ave in Union, New Jersey. Tickets are on sale now and range from $20 to $40 and can be purchased by calling 908.737.7469 or by visiting http://www.keanstage.com/seasontickets/dance.asp.

Following the Kean University performance, the Ballet on Broadway tour will play the Bergen Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. The Bergen Performing Arts Center is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey. Tickets are on sale now and range from $29 to $49 and can be purchased by calling 201.227.1030 or by visiting http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004B1B0BE5F40D.

The last chance to see the Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir perform with Ballet on Broadway is on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. The Mayo Performing Arts Center is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey. Tickets are on sale now and range from $59 to $29 and can be purchased by calling 973.539.8008 or by visiting http://mayoarts.org/indiv/indiv_NJBalletonBroadway.html

The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir is an audition based, exhibition Show Choir that stems from Paper Mill Playhouse's award-winning Arts Education and Outreach programs. The choir consists of 40 singer/dancers between the ages of 16 and 22. In its first two seasons, the choir has performed for more than 25,000 people at prestigious venues throughout the State of New Jersey.